Trails SC (D)Evolution opening

[Domi]

The game just got released in Japan. For those unaware of what the "Evolution" versions are, it's just Vita ports with some changes. For me and a lot of fans, some for the best, most for the worst.

The opening of the game is here. Do not watch it until you finish the game, if you thought the original opening had spoilers, this is even worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0p_skvxPUU

[Kai no Kiseki]

Yea the art for estelle is really bad in the evo editions...

[Zlyphor]

Here's the opening recorded straight from the PS TV in 720p.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMbJoQBzF8g

[Saralene]

Man, Estelle just look so ">:(" almost the whole time... and I'm not sure how they made so many great scenes look so boring and unimpactful, either. That's unfortunate. The amount of repetition is weird too. I wish I could like it but this just feels so effortless.

[Craig78]

That chara design.....

I wanted to post it too... but i thought the guy joked and post an amv and not the opening -_-' 5 min is too long... the Charactere design.....Joshua Estelle Kloe... Aidios, what have they done... i feel nothing from this op....

RIP : Agate, Kevin, Walter, Josette, Zane.... What ? they don't like men in this game ? Is it some sort of foreshadow for olivier ?

Hello Renne nice to know you are an enforcer even before i met you .... And a dragon too ?? well to be fair the steam trailer already spoiled it ^^

BTW do not watch Zero or Ao Evolution opening.... the 'normal' are safe but the evolution spoil a lot ! ( i know, i'm stupid to have watched )

And that chara design .....

[Domi]

Publicado originalmente por Craig78:

RIP : Agate, Kevin, Walter, Josette, Zane.... What ? they don't like men in this game ? Is it some sort of foreshadow for olivier ?

You know, since Trails FC Devo was announced, I always had a feeling they are trying to market the Devo ports to a male audience. I don't know why, maybe their market research told them that most of the customers will be men rebuying the game. Probably this is another reason why the Devo ports feel so strange, the Trails games aren't made to attract to a specific gender. And I hope that doesn't change in the future, I'd hate if they started to change the "spirit" of the games.

[Jesuiscontent]

It is garbage but I'm not exactly surprised. The Devolutions' only purpose is to get Falcom some quick money by selling the license so that they can make actual games.

[HunterRassius]

You know it wouldn't be so bad if they (the creators) actually knew what was wrong with their take on SC. It looks like the quality of the Trails series art took a bit of a hit in Zero/Ao but unlike those two games where characters have a bit of same face it's just blatently obvious here. It's like the creators tryed to mimic the (unfortunately worse) style of Zero/Ao only they did so with an artist that was worse at it. There's like 3 faces for that video plastered across 5 of the characters: happy smiling closed eye same face (for Tita, Renne and Estelle), serious mode i'm going to do stuff same face (spread over everybody not olivier), and pouty mode same face (for Estelle and Joshua). Video should be titled "Attack of the Clone Faces." Also i'm pretty sure Zero and Ao have more then half a dozen faces for their entire cast.

Also somehow even though it's 2015 the animation quality looks like it was done in 1990 or so. Which is unfortunate because it feels like DBZ had better animation quality. Even more unfortunate that SC was originally released 9 years ago so I find that it may indeed take a certain kind of skill to make it look even worse then the quality of animation at the time.

This and Shomin Sample are so /grr

[Kai no Kiseki]

I felt ao/zero evo were fine. I think the full voices added a lot.

[Admir]

They could've hired a God-level doujinshi artist for the key frames.. but I sense tight cash. But what's the point of making the intro as long as the music no?

[M. Mizie]

Someone... Anyone..... Please..... Wipe..... My..... Memory.....

[fcp_16]

Publicado originalmente por HunterRassius:

You know it wouldn't be so bad if they (the creators) actually knew what was wrong with their take on SC. It looks like the quality of the Trails series art took a bit of a hit in Zero/Ao but unlike those two games where characters have a bit of same face it's just blatently obvious here. It's like the creators tryed to mimic the (unfortunately worse) style of Zero/Ao only they did so with an artist that was worse at it. There's like 3 faces for that video plastered across 5 of the characters: happy smiling closed eye same face (for Tita, Renne and Estelle), serious mode i'm going to do stuff same face (spread over everybody not olivier), and pouty mode same face (for Estelle and Joshua). Video should be titled "Attack of the Clone Faces." Also i'm pretty sure Zero and Ao have more then half a dozen faces for their entire cast.

Also somehow even though it's 2015 the animation quality looks like it was done in 1990 or so. Which is unfortunate because it feels like DBZ had better animation quality. Even more unfortunate that SC was originally released 9 years ago so I find that it may indeed take a certain kind of skill to make it look even worse then the quality of animation at the time.

This and Shomin Sample are so /grr

Don't group Zero and Ao, as they have different artists. And Zero is the only time this series ever had good art. The rest is either bland or full of technical problems. Falcom should just bring Katumi Enami back really.

[Sewer56]

Publicado originalmente por fcp_16:

Publicado originalmente por HunterRassius:

You know it wouldn't be so bad if they (the creators) actually knew what was wrong with their take on SC. It looks like the quality of the Trails series art took a bit of a hit in Zero/Ao but unlike those two games where characters have a bit of same face it's just blatently obvious here. It's like the creators tryed to mimic the (unfortunately worse) style of Zero/Ao only they did so with an artist that was worse at it. There's like 3 faces for that video plastered across 5 of the characters: happy smiling closed eye same face (for Tita, Renne and Estelle), serious mode i'm going to do stuff same face (spread over everybody not olivier), and pouty mode same face (for Estelle and Joshua). Video should be titled "Attack of the Clone Faces." Also i'm pretty sure Zero and Ao have more then half a dozen faces for their entire cast.

Also somehow even though it's 2015 the animation quality looks like it was done in 1990 or so. Which is unfortunate because it feels like DBZ had better animation quality. Even more unfortunate that SC was originally released 9 years ago so I find that it may indeed take a certain kind of skill to make it look even worse then the quality of animation at the time.

This and Shomin Sample are so /grr

Don't group Zero and Ao, as they have different artists. And Zero is the only time this series ever had good art. The rest is either bland or full of technical problems. Falcom should just bring Katumi Enami back really.

I like the Sora no Kiseki art :^/

[Hooplah]

The opening was so disappointing. A lot of complaints by fans.

And no Walter? WHYYYYY

[rzhao01]

I didn't think it could be worse than FC Evo's opening (which was boring but mostly inoffensive) but somehow they managed to exceed my expectations in every way possible.

The new vocalist is just completely unsuitable for the song. In the original I love how you can hear the mood change in different sections and all of that's basically gone.

The cinematic direction is just awful - they basically tried to animate key scenes in the game and somehow it looks worse than watching the sprites. Many scenes are stock anime opening stuff and it still doesn't look right.

And it's so hard to take Joshua seriously in this with the new character design and BACKHANDING swords of that length.

[Domi]

First week software sales:

[PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution – 15,202 (New)

Down from 20k (FC Evolution) and Zero/Azure Evolution (30k / 29k)